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Luke Perry’s daughter says school is being named after him in Malawi
Late actor Luke Perry is being honored in Malawi through the efforts of his daughter. Sophie Perry, 18, announced Monday that a school in the African nation has been named after her dad, who died in early March after suffering a stroke. “Thank you to everybody who donated to help...
Obamas unveil slate of series, documentaries for Netflix
NEW YORK — Barack and Michelle Obama have unveiled a slate of projects in development for Netflix, a year after the former president and first lady signed a deal with the streaming platform. The Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground Productions, on Tuesday announced a total of seven films and series...
Netflix announces deal for film about Thailand’s cave boys
BANGKOK — Netflix announced Tuesday it is joining with the production company for the movie “Crazy Rich Asians” to make a film about last July’s dramatic rescue of 12 village boys in northern Thailand who were trapped with their soccer coach in a flooded cave for more than two weeks....
John Williams’ salute concludes orchestra’s 50th seasonVideo
Edge-of-your-seat music will conclude the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s 50th season, with a special salute to film score composer John Williams. “The Music of John Williams” concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 11 at the Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg. The program will feature classic film music...
Filmmaker John Singleton found a perfect marriage of movie, momentVideo
Rarely have a filmmaker and a moment been so perfectly matched as John Singleton and the summer of 1991. When “Boyz N the Hood” was released that July, Singleton took what had become a cultural obsession — South-Central Los Angeles and the young black men growing up in it —...
How staggering were ‘Avengers: Endgame’ numbers? Take a look
So, did you see “Avengers: Endgame” this weekend? If not, you might just be one of a select few. According to the numbers, the Marvel super hero flick busted just about every box office record there was. In just its first three (OK, four counting Thursday night) days, the film...
Report: Man shouting ‘Avengers: Endgame’ spoilers beaten by fans
Moviegoers headed to the theaters this weekend in troves to see “Avengers: Endgame” which broke box office records. But please don’t spoil it for those who haven’t seen the film yet … or you risk the possibility of getting punched. According to reports one man tried to ruin the movie...
‘Game of Thrones’: The Great War comes to Winterfell
***WARNING: THE NIGHT IS DARK AND FULL OF SPOILERS THROUGH SEASON 8, EPISODE 3 OF ‘GAME OF THRONES’*** Honestly, this episode — despite being 90 minutes long — doesn’t really require a lengthy review. Director Miguel Sapochnik staged one of the best extended battle sequences you’re likely to see, certainly...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ obliterates records with $1.2B opening
NEW YORK — The universe belongs to Marvel. “Avengers: Endgame” shattered the record for biggest opening weekend with an estimated $350 million in ticket sales domestically and $1.2 billion globally, reaching a new pinnacle in the blockbuster era that the comic-book studio has come to dominate. The “Avengers” finale far...
PBS film ‘KOREA’ eyes social, political tolls of Korean War
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — To escape the poverty of South Texas migrant camps, Homer Garza joined the U.S. Army. Months later he and his company found themselves surrounded in South Korea by an invading North Korean force. Garza’s story is one of many shared in the PBS documentary “KOREA: The Never-Ending...
‘Deadwood’ film will premiere May 31 on HBOVideo
More than a decade after its all-too-brief three-season run ended on HBO, the Western drama with the world’s filthiest mouth is coming back. HBO’s “Deadwood” movie will premiere May 31, potentially bringing some closure to the series that went off the air with a very open-ended finale back in 2006....
Seth Meyers adds 2nd show to Pittsburgh appearance
Due to popular demand, a second show has been added for comedian and late night television host Seth Meyers’ June 14 date at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, 510 E 10th Ave., Munhall. The first show is at 7 p.m., with doors open at 6:00 p.m. A 9:30 p.m....
‘Avengers: Endgame’ sets box office record in China
“Avengers: Endgame” doesn’t open in U.S. theaters until Thursday evening, but the superhero film is already a blockbuster internationally. The 22nd movie from Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel Studios has collected $169 million from 25 countries where it opened this week, led by a record-breaking start in China, according to studio...
Bond 25 launches in Jamaica, Rami Malek to play villain
The 25th James Bond movie and Daniel Craig’s fifth and final installment as 007 is heading home to Jamaica. Craig, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, and director Cary Fukunaga on Thursday launched the film from the Caribbean island nation where Ian Fleming wrote all of his Bond...
What the Heckboy: Theater near church avoids ‘Hellboy’ title
DICKSON, Tenn. — A Tennessee movie theater that sits across from a church and next to an elementary school is promoting the latest movie in the “Hellboy” franchise as “Heckboy.” The Tennessean reports the PG advertisement at the Dickson theater has caused a local buzz around the $50 million movie,...
Review: Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ may be Uma Thurman’s ‘Stranger Things’Video
In “Chambers,” a fine new supernatural horror mystery dropping onto Netflix at midnight Friday, Sivan Alyra Rose plays Sasha, a Native American high school student in a working-class Arizona town who suffers a massive heart attack while trying to lose her virginity to her boyfriend TJ (Griffin Powell-Arcand). A transplant...
Real-life Riverrun castle from ‘Game of Thrones’ up for sale for $650,000
Owning a castle seems like a thing of fantasy. For a “Game of Thrones” fan, owning Riverrun — former seat of House Tully but now occupied by House Frey — might seem like a dream come true. If you’re a fan, you get it — otherwise just know it’s one...
More vintage Kennywood footage in new Rick Sebak documentary
“Don’t stand up!” The phrase has warned countless amusement park riders, and now it’s the title of a new Kennywood documentary premiering at 8 p.m. May 2 on WQED-TV. The sixth program in documentarian Rick Sebak’s local WQED “Nebby” series, “Don’t Stand Up” was funded primarily by a 2017 Kickstarter...
Marvel Cinematic Universe by the numbersVideo
Hollywood had never seen anything like it: an interconnected movie franchise that absolutely dominates the box-office landscape. Yet when you drill down and study the numbers, you can further appreciate just what the Marvel Cinematic Universe has accomplished across the past 11 years - having launched with 2008’s “Iron Man”...
‘Jeopardy!’ champ James Holzhauer passes $1 million mark
NEW YORK — There’s no truth to the rumor that James Holzhauer is a cyborg created to be the perfect “Jeopardy!” contestant. But given how he’s made a level of excellence rarely seen on the television quiz show appear almost mundane, it sometimes seems that way. Holzhauer eclipsed the $1...
Review: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ a fitting send-off for Marvel’s superheroesVideo
If there’s a single phrase that sums up the guiding principle of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — the interdependent series of superhero movies that, with the arrival of this week’s “Avengers: Endgame,” now numbers 22 films — it’s this: Hold that thought. (Truth be told, with “Endgame’s” running time of...
Watch ‘Avengers: Endgame’ cast sing ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’
Jimmy Fallon strikes again. (In a good way.) The “Tonight Show” host marked Monday’s Los Angeles premiere of the latest (and supposedly final) Avengers movie — “Avengers: Endgame” — with a special video version of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Fallon, being Fallon, got many members of the...
Local women artists subject of WQED’s ‘Visible’
WQED will premiere a new documentary profiling local women who who create art through diverse media. “Visible” will be shown at 8 p.m. April 25 on WQED-TV, and will be available online at www.wqed.org/visible Five western Pennsylvania women will show their work and share stories of the rewards and challenges...
Netflix is testing a random episode option for watching shows
Watching Netflix may soon take even less effort than it currently does. The streaming giant announced it’s testing out a new option that would allow users to tune into series without having to select a specific episode. “We are testing the ability for members to play a random episode from...
‘Saved by the Bell’ stars mark 30 years of friendshipVideo
The stars of the hit 1990s show “Saved By the Bell” got together last weekend for a reunion dinner and shared a photo for fans. Actors Mario Lopez, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley and Tiffani Thiessen (and their significant others) had dinner together Saturday night at restaurant Petit Trois in Sherman...
